On Sep 26, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Pete wrote: > Thanks Peter, that sounds like it should work, I guess I'd assumed that LC > would remember the selected text. > > The dictionary says that if no text is selected, the end char part of the > selectedChunk is less than the startchar so I guess I'll need to check for > that so that a normal insert works.
No need. If you have an insertion point after char 5 of a field, the selectedchunk is <char 6 to 5 of fld "targetField">, and putting a text string into char 6 to 5 of fld "targetField" will insert the text after char 5 of the field, Ie, where the insertion point was. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham [email protected] http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You could set a customprop of the field control on mouseleave: >> >> on mouseleave >> set the uSelChunk of me to the selectedchunk >> end mouseleave >> >> then in your dragdrop handler: >> >> put the uSelChunk of fld "targetField" into selCh >> put word 2 of selCh into startChar >> put word 4 of selCh into endChar >> put the clipboardData["text"] into char startChar to endChar of fld >> "targetField" >> >> -- Peter >> >> Peter M. Brigham >> [email protected] >> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig >> >> >> On Sep 26, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Pete wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to find a way to drag and drop text from a datagrid into a >> field >>> control. If no text is selected in the field control, the text should be >>> inserted at the insertion point; if text is selected, the dragged text >>> should replace the selected text. >>> >>> The way I'm doing this is: >>> >>> - The dragStart handler for the datagrid places the text I want to insert >>> into the clipboardData["text"] >>> - The dragEnter handler for the field control sets the focus on the field >>> control >>> - The dragDrop handler for the field control issues a paste command >>> >>> That all works fine when no text is selected in the field control, LC >>> appears to remember where the insertion is in the field control. >> However, >>> let's say I select some text in the field control. As soon as I click on >> a >>> line in the datagrid to start the drag/drop operation, the text is no >> longer >>> selected in the field control and when I drop the text into the field >>> control it is inserted at what was the end point of the text I had >>> originally selected. >>> >>> To illustrate, if the field control contains "This is my Text" and I >> select >>> the word "my", then drag the text "your" to the field Control, it will be >>> inserted right after "my" instead of replacing it. >>> >>> Am I setting about this the wrong way or can this approach be made to >> work >>> somehow? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Pete >>> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
